Facilitating Climate Change Responses

A Report of Two Workshops on Knowledge from the Social and Behavioral Sciences

National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change Through the Behavioral and Social Sciences (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

174 Seiten

2010
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-16032-2 (ISBN)

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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, understanding the need for policy makers at the national level to entrain the behavioral and social sciences in addressing the challenges of global climate change, called on the National Research Council to organize two workshops to showcase some of the decision-relevant contributions that these sciences have already made and can advance with future efforts. The workshops focused on two broad areas: (1) mitigation (behavioral elements of a strategy to reduce the net future human influence on climate) and (2) adaptation (behavioral and social determinants of societal capacity to minimize the damage from climate changes that are not avoided).

Facilitating Climate Change Responses documents the information presented in the workshop presentations and discussions. This material illustrates some of the ways the behavioral and social sciences can contribute to the new era of climate research.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Introduction
Part I: Public Understanding and Mitigation of Climate Change
1 Public Understanding of Climate Change
2 The Potential for Limiting Climate Change Through Household Action
3 Public Acceptance of Energy Technologies
4 Organizational Change and the Greening of Business
Part II: Adapting to Climate Change
5 Climate Change Adaptation: The State of the Science
6 Federal Climate Change Adaptation Planning
7 Place-Based Adaptation Cases
8 Adaptation and Natural Resource Management
9 Cross-Cutting Issues in Adaptation
10 Synthesis of Key Questions for the Workshop
References
Appendix A: December 2009 Workshop Agenda and List of Participants
Appendix B: April 2010 Workshop Agenda and List of Participants
Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff

1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 Part I: Public Understanding and Mitigation of Climate Change; 4 1 Public Understanding of Climate Change; 5 2 The Potential for Limiting Climate Change Through Household Action; 6 3 Public Acceptance of Energy Technologies; 7 4 Organizational Change and the Greening of Business; 8 Part II: Adapting to Climate Change; 9 5 Climate Change Adaptation: The State of the Science; 10 6 Federal Climate Change Adaptation Planning; 11 7 Place-Based Adaptation Cases; 12 8 Adaptation and Natural Resource Management; 13 9 Cross-Cutting Issues in Adaptation; 14 10 Synthesis of Key Questions for the Workshop; 15 References; 16 Appendix A: December 2009 Workshop Agenda and List of Participants; 17 Appendix B: April 2010 Workshop Agenda and List of Participants; 18 Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.11.2010
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
ISBN-10	0-309-16032-4 / 0309160324
ISBN-13	978-0-309-16032-2 / 9780309160322
Zustand	Neuware